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Mayhem of the Allstate commercials breaks through in “Battle Creek.” Dean Winters, the Allstate all-star, is terrific as cynical Detective Russ Agnew in the CBS drama, which debuts at 10 p.m. Sunday. “Battle Creek” may be another cop drama in an odd-couple mold, but it has been created with style and wit by David Shore (“House”) and Vince Gilligan (“Breaking Bad”). They pair the frustrated Agnew with the relentlessly upbeat FBI Agent Milt Chamberlain (Josh Duhamel) in run-down Battle Creek, Mich. The skilled, old-school Agnew fumes at Chamberlain’s new techniques and optimistic asides. Chamberlain often goes philosophical, yet the...

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Mayhem of the Allstate commercials breaks through in “Battle Creek.”
Dean Winters, the Allstate all-star, is terrific as cynical Detective Russ Agnew in the CBS drama, which debuts at 10 p.m. Sunday. “Battle Creek” may be another cop drama in an...

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Speaking of stinkers, CBS unveils "Rob" at 8:30 after "The Big Bang Theory." In this tired and offensive sitcom, Rob Schneider marries a younger woman of Mexican heritage. Her family is not amused. I doubt that viewers will be amused about the ethnic stereotyp

Does the Casey Anthony saga seem like a variation on “The Usual Suspects”? You'll remember that the Kevin Spacey character in that 1995 crime thriller borrowed liberally from other sources to contrive a story. Readers have noted that Anthony likes

The best Jennifer Aniston movie in ages is actually a star vehicle for Jason Bateman. And Aniston's work opposite the screen's premiere mild-mannered funnyman shows her at her most engaged and pitch perfect. “The Switch,” which lost its more amusin

It begins, Tony Goldwyn says, âby loving actors, by having this built-in compassion for what they do and how they do it.â Goldwyn is one of their number â an accomplished character actor best known for being the villain of âGhost,

The great ones get you, tell you their story, with just a look. The opening shot of “Conviction” has Oscar winner Hilary Swank lock eyes with the splendid Sam Rockwell. Just a couple of seconds of emotional screen foreshadowing and we know their st

“Due Date” aims the slow burn of Robert Downey Jr. at the addled idiocy of Zach Galifianakis in aÂ “Hangover” director's version of “Planes, Trains and Automobiles.” And shockingly, it's funny. Often in shocking or at

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The indie fur will fly — out of competition — as movies with movie stars taking a flyer on a low-budget film will fill the theaters of Sundance in the out of competition portion of this year's festival. A fairly staggering list of name stars, from

In "Secrets and Lies," ABC's new limited series premiering Sunday, the killing of a young boy unhinges an already troubled family and turns an idyllic community into a suspicious mob, further riled by a predatory media and the icy relentlessness...

DON'T MISS: "Downton Abbey" It's the holiday-themed Season 5 finale of this still-addictive period drama and we have lots of questions: Why won't the cops leave Anna (Joanne Froggatt) alone? Will Tom (Allen Leech) stay or go? Is poor Lady...

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Juliette Lewis worked with Martin Scorsese, dated Brad Pitt and was nominated for an Oscar, all before her 21st birthday. But the actress who embodied messy '90s youth in films such as "Natural Born Killers" and "Kalifornia" recoiled...

"Christmas Vacation" is a cuckoo clock of a movie, just as loopy, wonderful and fresh as it was 25 years ago this month when we first unwrapped it.
Rippingly rich satire, the seasonal favorite features Chevy Chase as the bighearted dad, with...